The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-27

to the utmost the power of patronage
| to destroy love of country: to encourage
| vice and discourage virtue; and. in q
| word, to prepare for the subversiOn OF
liberty and the establishment of despot-
| ism; no scheme more perfect could he
devised; and such must be- the tendency
Of the practice, with whatever intention
l adopted or to whatever extent pursued.
| SLAVERY
On the subject of slavery Secretary
Lamar said
| FELLOW CTTIZENs-The institution of
slavery, That question has been settled.
| Slavery is dead-buried in a grave that
| never gives up its dead. Why reopen il
to-day: Let II rest. Yet, if | remain 81
| lent upon the subject il will be taken as
an admission that there is one part of
Mr.. Calhoun's life of which it is prudent
| for his friends to say nothing to the pres
ent generation. Discrimination and eva
| sion were so foreign to his character that
In his own case no one would disapprove
| and disdain such silence more than he
L have this to say That with reference
to the constitutional status of slavery in
the States, Mr.. Calhoun never entertained
or expressed sentiment that was not
entertained and expressed by Henry
Clay, John Quincy Adams, Daniel Web
ster, and all the eminent statesmen of
his time. That slavery was an inStItu-
tlon of society in the States sanctioned
and upheld by the Constitution of the
United States; that il was an institution
of property, recognized, protected and
enforced even upon the States where
slavery did not exist. by the fundanen-
tai law of the Union: that il was an i'll
stitutiOn of political power which, under
the provisions of the Constitution. in
creased the representation of the South
ern States on the floor of Congress- and
in the electoral college. was admitted by
every public man in the country who
had the slightest title to position as "A
statesman.
CALHOUN, WEBSTER AND CLAY.
The only difference between Mr.. Cal
hOun on the one hand. Webster and Clay
and such statesmen on the other, was
that the measures hostile to slavery
which they sometimes cOuntenanced
and at other times advocated, he saw
and predicted We're in conflict with
these guarantees in the Constitution and
that their direct tendency and inevitable
effect, and, in many cases, avOwed mo-
tive, was the destruction of slavery in
the States. And whilst Mr.. Webster
and MIR. Clay disclaimed any such motive
and denied any such probable effects he
declared to- Mr.. Webster in debate that
the sentiment would grow and increase
until, in spite of the Constitution, eman-
cipatiOn would be consummated, and
that he (AIr. Webster) would himself be
compelled to succumb to it or be swept
down by it.
MIR. Lamar then went on to make
quotations from Calhoun's speeches to
show that these predictions of his came
true. In the course of his remarks on
this subject Mr.. Lamar stated that if at
this very day the North or the American
Union were to propose To re-establish the
institution the South could not and
would not accept it as boon. In CON
cllsion he said:
PERORATION.
Ladies of the South Carolina AsSocia-
tion- l have attempted to respond to the
call with which your kindness has hon
ored me. | regret deeply that absorbing
duties of an official character. leaving
ME not even the intermission of a day of
freedom, have allowed no opportunity to
prepare for the performance of the task
in a manner worthy of the theme and of
the occasion. 1t Is well that this monu-
mental statue ON South Cardinals soil
has been reared through the instrumen-
tality of her own fair daughters. His
life was one of uninterrupted homage to
woman.
MIR. Calhoun was the true son of South
Carolina His just fame and great name
We're the fruits of her social system. and
it will be her glory when succeeding
generations shall learn and appreciate
the lessons of political truth taught by
him and shall inhale his pure spirit of pa
triotism, his exalted conception of duty,
and become inspired by the honor. fidel-
ity, courage, and purity of life which
rooted themselves in the soul of the man
whose statue South Carolina women
have erected in commemOration of the
reverance with which they
him to the honor. love, imita-
ton, and confidence of mankind.
THE CONCLUDING EXERCISES.
This was followed by another Calhoun
ode. written by Margaret J. Preston and
read by Rev. DIR. Junkin, and then
came the benediction, pronounced by
Rev. John o. Wilson.
Secretary Lamar's speech. which occu-
pied two hours, was received with the
deepest attention and frequent ap-
plause.
Tonight everybody is keeping open
house in Charleston and rejoicing that
the event has passed off so successfully.
A<EV SJrpREME JVnI.F Su0T